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December 2010
Name
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Subject Matter
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Date Issued
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Case Number
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Kinross Township -and- Brian McMillian |
20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions. |
12/29/10
(20 Day Order) |
C09 J-205 |
City of Saginaw -and- Police Officers Association of Michigan |
Unfair Labor Practice Found – Employer’s Discipline of Employee for Sending E-mail Containing Remarks Critical of Employer’s Actions During Bargaining was Discriminatory; Employee’s E-mail Complaining to Bargaining Unit Members About Employer’s Bargaining Practices was Protected Concerted Activity; Employer May Lawfully Limit Employee Use of E-mail to Work-Related Matters; E-mail Policy Allowing Dissemination of Some Non-Work Related E-mail was Applied Unlawfully When Used to Discipline Employee for Protected Concerted Activity; Rude Statements Made in the Course of Protected Conduct is Protected Unless so Flagrant and Extreme as to Render Individual Unfit for Future Service. |
12/22/10
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C09 A-009 |
City of Royal Oak -and- Royal Oak Police Officers Association |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Failure to State a Claim, No Duty to Bargain Decision or Effect of Training Assignment, Decision Covered by the Parties’ Collective Bargaining Agreement, Charge Alleged Contractual Dispute, Arbitration is Proper Forum for Contract Interpretation Dispute, Bare Allegations of ALJ Bias Insufficient to Support Allegation. |
12/22/10
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C08 L-263 |
Kent County -and- Don Stewart |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found – Summary Dismissal Appropriate for Failure to State a PERA Claim; Allegations Failed to indicate Charging Party’s Discharge for Insubordination was Motivated by the Employer’s Anti-Union Animus; Allegations of Contract Violations by the Employer, Alone, do not Constitute a Cause of Action Under PERA. |
12/17/10
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C09 F-080 |
International Union, United Automobile Workers (UAW), Local 2600 -and- Don Stewart |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found – Summary Dismissal Appropriate where Charge Failed to State a Valid PERA Claim; Allegations Insufficient to Support A Claim that Union Breached Its Duty of Fair Representation for Deciding not to Arbitrate Charging Party’s Grievance; Allegations Did Not Indicate Union Engaged in any Arbitrary, Biased, or Bad Faith Conduct in Reaching Its Decision Not to Arbitrate Grievance; Allegations Did Not Support that the Alleged Lack of Communication by Union Caused Harm to Charging Party’s Rights. |
12/17/10
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CU09 F-018 |
MSU Administrative-Professional Association |
Post Decision Motions Denied: Charging Party’s Motions Failed to Set Forth Adequate Grounds for Relief under General Rules of the Commission or PERA; Requests Essentially Restate the Same Arguments and Issues Already Ruled on by the Commission in earlier Decisions. |
12/17/10
(20 Day Order) |
CU08 J-054 & C08 J-224 |
City of Detroit |
Unit Clarification Petition Dismissed - Unit Clarification Inappropriate Where Petition Fails to Provide Minimum Information Required by the Commission Rules, Including Reasons for Clarification of the Unit and Approximate Date that Each Position was Either Created or Substantially Changed; Employer Failed to Provide Required Information or Responded in a Perfunctory Manner to Several Commission Requests for Information Necessary to Determine Appropriateness of Unit Clarification Petition. |
12/16/10
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UC07 L-033 |
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